Joe Biden assured that the nuclear agreement with Iran "is dead"

This Tuesday a video of President Joe Biden was disseminated on social networks in which he affirms that the nuclear agreement with Iran "is dead", although he assures that the White House will not announce it that way. Negotiations with Tehran have been stalled since August of this year.

In the video in question, posted on Twitter by an Iranian activist, the Democrat is seen during a meeting with California supporters last November 4. Surrounded by his bodyguards, he greets a woman in the audience and gets the question, "President Biden, could you announce that the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) is dead? Could you just announce that?".

"No, a lot of reasons," Biden automatically responds. But he adds, "It's dead, but we're not gonna announce that. It's a long story." The conversation continues and the woman insists: "We just don't want any deals with the mullahs. No deals! They don't represent us, they are not our government."

"I know they don't represent you, but they will have a nuclear weapon that they will represent," the president closes, as he begins to walk away, referring to the possibility of Iran obtaining weapons of mass destruction.

An unsuccessful agreement

In 2015, Iran signed a treaty with the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (the United States, China, Russia, France and the United Kingdom), Germany and the European Union to contain its nuclear development. In return, economic sanctions imposed against the Islamic Republic were lifted.

However, in 2018, under President Donald Trump, Washington withdrew from the agreement and reintroduced sanctions. The Republican argued that Iran was not complying with the agreement. In response, Tehran reactivated its nuclear program.

In 2021, following the return of the Democrats to power, talks resumed in an attempt to revive the agreement.